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With all that’s been happening around the office lately, we neglected to mention how much we enjoyed our time at APE 2012. It was great to meet so many of you in person. We would love to meet more of our users and artists. Which events would you like to see us at? We have a list of possibilities, but we would love to know which conventions are your favorites.

So, what’s been going on with us? We just updated to version 2.1.1! Get your update in the App Store for an even better reading experience on your iPhone / iPad Mini. We also added a new feature for our artists — adjustable preview for paid content. Previously, only 3 pages of a paid story could be previewed by a reader. Now with v.2.1.1, the artist can choose to share as much of the paid story as he or she likes for free.

When we launched 1.0 this past Spring, it was (and is) very important to us to build an artist-centric submission based system. We believe in championing the indie artist community. So, based upon the feedback we received from artists, we have added an in-app purchase feature for artists to use to sell their work through Emanata.

We believe our contributing artists are the most important component of Emanata, and want to keep the Emanata artist community vibrant. Therefore, in 2.0 we’ve rolled out a couple of new artist-centric features:

— Artist Profile Page: each of our contributors now have a dedicated space within the app where readers can find, follow, and interact with the artists’ stories.

— In-App Purchases: artists may now opt to sell their stories via Apple’s iTunes payment system. We will always provide free content for readers to discover great artists and stories. However, we believe that Emanata can also become a revenue source for an artist and turn his or stories into more than an avocation.

It’s a big week for you and for us between our launch, NYCC, and APE! Please make sure to stop by and say hi to us at APE this weekend. We’ll be at Table 934.

Thank you so much for helping us to grow our community — we couldn’t have done it without your continued contributions of stories, support, and feedback.